no, mac bethad, that just makes you as bad as them (I do understand why you might have anti-nt feelings, especially if you are recently diagnosed/haven't had many spectrum interactions). personally, I want kids. personally, I would prefer aspies because I think that would help me relate to them, and also partly because a girly socialite, for example, may resent having a wierdo for a mum (or, quite possibly as I'm bisexual, having 2 mums) but I would never abort an embryo just because it was going to/might grow into an nt child. I just hope I can impart as much love and common sense as my parents did for me.

also, nts can be useful. aspies/auties (& nts) may push the boundries, but we need people to keep society ticking over (the pioneers get the glory even though they wouldn't have the chance to be pioneers without others supporting them, kind of like "behind every great man is a good woman" execpt more general). that should be the ideal, everyone doing what they're best at & working together for the good of society. not trying to wipe out anyone "different".

as to whoever pointed out that boys weren't more likely to be on the spectrum, just more likely to be diagnosed, me & mum were talking about this a while ago. we noticed that (personal experience only) at school there seemed to be more labled boys than girls (and also the boys with lables seemed to be more dissruptive in class, less bright & more likely to use it as an excuse than the girls), but this seems to change after the age of 16 and now (at uni) if anything I know more girls who are on the spectrum/dyslexic/dyspraxic...  . our conclusion was girls are better at dealing with *** (they are more likely to just get on with it so are less likely to get an assessment and, if they ever get diagnosed, seem less affected). I'm now trying to work out how not to offend every male member of this forum (this is the first time in over 5 years I have wished for nt traits). ok, lets assume on reading the above you assumed I belive boys are stupid, noisy, lazy or otherwise inferior. I don't belive this. my closest actual belief to this is the occasional veiw that my little brother lives to be a pest. girls are just better at hiding stuff/looking nt/finding ways around problems.

bed time.